翻译训练

翻译习题集Ⅰ.Fill in the blanks with proper terms in translation theories.1.Chinese is__________ language with the typical feature of non-inflection change.2.Chinese belongs to the ___________ family while English belongs to the_________ family.3.The indicative character uses _______ to indicate the word meaning.4.No matter how complicated the English sentence pattern is, it derives from the_________ _________ _________ .5.Morris argued that each sign is made up of three components __________________ _________ .6.According to sociosemiotic approach to translation, _________ and ________should be regarded as two indispensable aspects for making translation criteria. 7.Chinese language belongs to ____________ writing system, while Englishlanguage belongs to ______________ writing system.8.Peter Newmark proposed that language possesses six functions, including_______________, ______________, ______________, _______________, phatic function and metalingual function.9.Syntactical features of both Chinese and English are greatly affected by grammar.While Chinese grammar is characterized by _____________, English grammar has the typical feature of ______________.10.According to sociosemiotic approach to translation, translating process is actuallya process of ___________ and ______________.11. A Comparison of the vocabularies in Chinese and English usually presents four types ofrelationships: ___________, ____________, ____________ and ______________.12.According to Saussure, a verbal sign consists of _________ and _________ .13.Translation is a kind of _________ _________ _________ communicative activity.14.The discourse cohesion can be classified into __________ and _________. The aim of usingcohesion devices is to achieve the _________ of the discourse.15.According to sociosemotics, meaning is a kind of __________.16.Verbal sign has three kinds of meaning, namely _________ _________ and _________.17.Context is the environment in which the text keeps alive. There are _________ context and_________ context.18.English and Chinese are different in terms of theme/rheme structure. Chinese is _________language while English is _________ language.19.Grice’s principle of _________ and Leech’s principle of _________ is the pragmaticprinciple promoting successful _________ _________.20.Chinese word meaning is generally _________ while English words are more_________.21.In terms of nature, Chinese culture is ________ culture and western culture is_________ culture.22.Both Chinese and English use sound changing, __________ _________,abbreviation, _________ and _________ to produce new words.23.Tytler’s translation principle says that a translation should give a completetranscript of the _________of the original work; the _________ and _________ of writing should be of the same character as that of the original; a translation should have all the_________ of the original.24.In terms of function, the English sentence can be classified into four types:_________ sentence, _________ sentence, _________ sentence and exclamatory sentence.II. Complete the following sentences with the help of the underlined parts in their corresponding Chinese originals.1.他的快乐从睡梦里冒出来，使他醒了四五次。

His joy __________________ and woke him four or five times.2.我们的船向前走，两岸的青山在黄昏中，都成了深黛颜色，连着退向船后梢去。

As we set off, the green mountains on the two banks became _____________ in the dusk, receding toward the stern of the boat.3. 我到了自家的门外，我的母亲早已迎着出来了，接着便飞出了八岁的侄儿宏儿。

By the time I reach the house my mother __________________, and my eight-year-old nephew, Hong’er, rushed out after her.4.不怕官，只怕管。

Fear no officials--_________________________.5.曲曲折折的荷塘上面，弥望的是田田的叶子。

All over this winding stretch of water, what meets the eye is ____________________.6. 我只会马走日，象走田。

I only know ____________________.7. 像橄榄又像鸽蛋似的枣子颗儿，在小椭园形的细叶中间，显出淡绿微黄的颜色的时候，正是秋的全盛时期。

When the dates grow to the size of olives or pigeon’s eggs, a __________________ set admist small fine oval leaves, then autumn will be in all its glory.8. 公费吃喝是群众反映强烈的不正之风之一。

_________________________________, have long been a bane of Chinesesociety.9.海面劈面立起一片从来没有见过的山峦，黑苍苍的，象水墨画一样。

A strange mountain range rose straight up in front of us on the ocean,__________________________.10.李教授代替生病住院的教师上课。

Professor Li _______________________for the teacher who is ill in hospital. 11.不同国家的社会习俗往往大相径庭。

Social customs usually _______________from of country to country.12.天气真冷，我的手指都失去了知觉。